Data Director

Data Director

The New York City Mayor's Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City's economy stronger. The Mayor's Office of Mass Engagement (OME) is responsible for strategizing, coordinating, and executing on engagement that reaches the masses of everyday New Yorkers. We engage New Yorkers in shaping policy outcomes, demystifying government, and ensuring that the government remains accountable to serving the people of this great City. Our work is designed as a long-term project – we are building the power of everyday New Yorkers, and we are building a City that works for all of us.

The Data Director's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with staff to move forward with campaigns using data to create targeted outreach lists, canvassing lists, and other lists for outreach reach and engagement.
• Finding creative solutions for using data to help improve the work and success of campaigns and co-governance.
• Working with other City agencies and the Director of Special Projects, as well as the Interagency team, Constituent Affairs teams, and Community and Borough-Based Organizing teams to advance opportunities for shared technological and data infrastructures that protect New Yorkers and ensure that government services are delivered.
• Informing strategy, process, and metrics of success with the Campaigns team.
• Other duties as required.

You are a motivated self-starter who can manage complicated projects with minimal guidance. You are a creative thinker and problem solver. You are an enthusiastic collaborator.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of experience in government and/or organizing-centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
• High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in government and/or organizing-centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills:

• Excellent at collaboration and building and maintaining a wide array of working relationships.
• High level of skill in clear and open communication.
• Knowledge of government data systems, publicly available datasets, and other sources of data, and the ability to combine disparate data sets.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, SQL Server, Redshift).
• Experience with GIS.
• Understanding of conceitful tech practices, data privacy, and government data sharing practices.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement: New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information: The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.